We're in the midst of the season! Here's an overview of what everyone is up to!

Mechanical: The mechanical subteam has been busy organizing and cataloguing the plethora of parts which have finally arrived this week, while taking on this daunting task they have also begun assembling what they can from the parts currently in stock.

Programming: This week programming is adding the final touches to the Robots program and are getting it ready for automation through visual recognition.

Electrical: Electrical has been collaborating with the mechanical subteam in order to more effectively work on Robot helping with the creation of the belly pan for the addition of new parts.

CAD:  The CAD subteam this week has been laser cutting the now fully modeled wood frames for the Robot’s shooter

Business: This week the business subteam finalized and entered the applications of the Woody Flowers and Deans List Awards. The business subteam also had a team-building activity involving scrap booking of the team's accomplishments.

Mechanical:

• What will do this week: primarily working on the further design intake and cad more

• Finalizing something cad out 

• Continue to do more testing with shooter

• Starting stuff for conveyor

• What we did so far: 

• We made all prototype ideas for test stands

• Discussed and chosen what kind of outtake/shooter

• Functional prototype for intake

• Began designing final ideas for intake and outtake mechanisms

This week, our mechanical subteam is working on furthering the design of our intake. Waiting for a finalized design from the CAD team, the mechanical team is continuing to test the robot’s shooter and has started work on the conveyor. They have already successfully prototyped multiple test stands and have produced a functional intake prototype. Lastly, mechanical has begun to finalize ideas for our intake and outtake mechanisms -  Already they have prototyped ideas for test stands, and have a functional intake prototype. 

Programming:

• Colin and them are working on robot stuff

• Making a automatic installer for the tools that we use

This week, our programming subteam has begun work on an automatic installer for our team’s tools. This crucial development will allow our team to work more efficiently - further increasing our production power. Later on, this team will get to work on helping our robot score and move around the field.

The programming subteam this week are working on an automatic installer for the team’s tools allowing the other teams to work more efficiently.

Electrical: 

• Working on somth tread (swerve drive)

• Extrusions coming → putting together to make the chassis 

• Making sure everything is ready before that

• Working w mechanical (tread a dn bump and hump)

• Now we are finally working on sweat ball

Our electrical subteam is working on finishing our swerve drives this week. Before assembling the chassis, they are waiting for our extrusions to return (which are currently being painted in team colors). While waiting, they have been preparing all of the other necessary components to promote a quick and organised assembly.

The Electrical subteam this week are continuing to finish the swerve drives for the robot. They are awaiting the extrusions before assembling the chassis, during this process they are ensuring everything is prepared in time for their arrival to promote a quick and organised assembly.

Cad; 

• Finish prototypting and finish cad

• Hard deadline friday

• One of the last 

• Tested successful shooter prototype

• Version 3 of intake prototype 

• Shooter subsystem

To meet its Friday deadline, the CAD team is working hard to fully finish prototyping and all the CAD for our bot. They have already tested a (successful) shooter prototype and made the third version of our intake prototype. 

This week the CAD team is meeting its Friday deadline, they are working to fully finish prototyping and CAD for the robot as a whole. They have already tested a successful shooter prototype and created their V3 intake prototype which they hope will get the job done.

Business: 

• Hoping to get most of work done for all awards planning to submit

• Woodie flowers award + blog

• “Working on awards and blog this wek”

• “We are in the business for business to win an award!”

• Basically told to fly on our own for ts one

Our business team is continuing to work on each of our annual FTC awards this week. They have continued to work on our weekly blog alongside writing award-winning essays and outreach initiatives.

The Business team this week is continuing to work on the award essays along with posting the regular weekly team blog. As put by the subteam’s lead “we are in the business for business to win an award!”

Jacob Hwang - Electrical

We’ve recently gotten the CAD’s for the new prototypes, and we’re working on the gears for the new intakes of things to get the motor connected to the swivel.

Ethan Stoffel - Business

We’ve been drafting executive summaries for the impact award, and hopefully we’ll win it again this year.

Eric Diaz - CAD

We’ve finished the CAD for the prototype and we’re focused on building it. We’ve designed at least three prototypes and now our new model looks much better than the initial prototype.

Throughout the past week, our team has been hard at work prototyping launcher designs for our robot in order to improve our overall design. We have also continued building parts of the competition setting allowing us to test our robot in conditions replicating that of the arena.

Mechanical:

This past week mechanical has continued to refine launcher prototypes getting us closer to the final product. Continued adjustments will still be underway next week but they are well on their way to completion. 

Programming:

The programming subteam has continued to work on code for the robot’s swerve drive and are awaiting the finalization of the launcher to integrate it with the rest of the robot.

Electrical:

This week the electrical subteam received the CAD prototypes allowing them to start working on the electrical components of the robot. As a part of this process they have been hard at work on the new intake gears that will connect the motor to the swivel.

CAD:

This week the CAD subteam have finished the prototypes allowing for building to begin on an iterated version based upon three prior prototypes.

Business:

This week the Business subteam has begun drafting parts of the impact award and they have had a continued impact on improving the teams media presence including updating the teams blog.